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Genesee County health care millage heading to November ballot
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (233+ words) FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The Genesee County Board of Commissioners approved placing the Health Care Services Millage renewal on the Nov. 3 ballot at a special meeting on Friday, June 26. The millage provides funding to Genesee Health Plan for basic, affordable health…...
Blue Cross Blue Shield agrees to deal with Michigan Medicine
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (244+ words) The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan logos are seen on their headquarters in Detroit, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan Medicine have reached a new long-term contract that will keep Michigan Medicine's facilities,…...
Student loan help available for addiction treatment providers
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) Applications for student loan repayment program to help expand substance use disorder treatment. LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications through April 30 for a student loan repayment program designed to expand substance use…...
Michigan Medicine may leave Blue Cross Blue Shield network
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (56+ words) WJRT ABC12 Patients at Michigan Medicine may not receive insurance coverage from Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance on July 1 as the entities remain at odds on reimbursement amounts. Michigan Medicine may leave Blue Cross Blue Shield network Mid-Michigan basketball Fan Zone…...
Menards to pay $4. 2 million settlement over rebate program
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (170+ words) Menards is settling a multistate complaint over its misuse of the "11% Off" or "11% Off Everything" advertising, which didn't deliver what customers were promised. LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced a $4. 25 million multistate settlement with home improvement…...
Senior citizens will pay a lot more for Medicare in 2026
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (950+ words) Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026. Medicare Part B premiums will jump nearly 10% next year, the largest increase in four years and second-largest hike, in dollar terms, in…...
Health insurance copays, deductibles and premiums will probably surge
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (757+ words) Cancer care is a top cost concern for employers. Brace yourselves, workers. Your health insurance at the job could cost you a lot more in 2026. Although overall inflation is more muted than a few years ago, employers are preparing for…...
ACA insurers propose biggest premium hikes since 2018
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (707+ words) An Obamacare sign is seen on the Uni Vista Insurance company office on December 15, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing their steepest premium increases since 2018, driven in part by the looming expiration of Biden-era enhanced premium subsidies…...